Joe Joyce returns to the ring on Saturday night as he warms up for his October meeting with Daniel Dubois against Michael Wallisch behind closed doors at the BT Sport Studios.

Joyce and Dubois will meet in a huge all-London heavyweight showdown in the autumn in a fight twice postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The winner of that contest will force themselves into the world title equation but both have a tune-up fight to get through first before they can begin to contemplate knocking the other off course.

Joyce has not fought in just over a year – beating former world title challenger Bryant Jennings last July to extend his record to 10-0. A January meeting with Marco Huck was shelved when the German suffered an injury so there is a real need for the Putney heavyweight to get some competitive rounds in before meeting Dubois – who is himself in action at the end of August.



34-year-old Wallisch is the man looking to throw an almighty spanner in the works. The German heavyweight was 16-0 before suffering a career first defeat to Christian Hammer in 2018.

He has lost two of his three fights since then against Nigerian prospect Efe Ajagba and 2016 Olympian Tony Yoka.

Card in full

Joe Joyce vs Michael Wallisch (heavyweight)
Denzel Bentley vs Mick Hall (middleweight)
Louie Lynn vs Monty Ogilvie (featherweight)
Chris Bourke vs Ramez Mamood (Southern Area super-bantamweight)
Henry Turner vs Chris Adaway (super lightweight)

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